The Teacup

The Teacup embodies a powerful story behind the themes of trauma and forgiveness in the Asian cultural and generational conflicts between the parent and child.

From personal experience, this film is so relatable through trauma bonding, with many impactful scenes that build up to broken relationships. A few of these scenes made me tear up a bit because of how real it felt.

Asian adults in this generation may be able to relate to the nuances of these relationships living in a broken family home when they were young, living in the present to protect their children from repeating the same trauma, and finding forgiveness to oneself to release the burden of trauma. If you have been through parent-childhood trauma, watching this film may be triggering, and has done a great job in laying out the scenes to do that.

Overall, this one is highly recommended to watch and understand how it is relatable in this generation.